As a rugby player, EluÃ¨re earned his first merit as a member of the French military team, when he was stationed as a stenographer in Nantes. After the war, the blindside flanker joined the Sporting Club Universitaire de France, where he became team captain and played until 1923. His cousin [Xavier EluÃ¨re] won a bronze medal as a heavyweight in the 1920 Olympic boxing tournament.

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